Jason Ballard

“We were really looking for an investor group who had helped built-world, physical companies move from early startup proof points to scale,”

Jason Ballard · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Icon announced its $200 million Series D financing co-led by Baillie Gifford and BlackRock.

“This is an industry that's under a lot of distress right now and is looking for new solutions because the old ways simply aren't working.”

Jason Ballard · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Ballard noted the traditional homebuilding industry is under stress from higher rates, costs, and a continuing housing shortage.

“It really is just kind of a world class outcome for us,”

Jason Ballard · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Ballard commented on Icon's new funding round co-led by Baillie Gifford and BlackRock.

“We hit all these quality, measurable performance metrics. That's got people excited,”

Jason Ballard · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Ballard discussed Icon's performance metrics as the company scales its 3D printed homebuilding technology.

“This is a new motion for us, right? Putting these things into other people's hands, and we have like 10X the demand in terms of actual money down reservations that we actually forecasted needing for next year,”

Jason Ballard · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Icon is now selling its Titan 3D construction technology to other builders with financing help from Wells Fargo.

“I think there's going to be some pretty exciting announcements in the back half of this year from NASA about the moon base, and we'll stay in lockstep with them, but that program is feeling really exciting, and we're pretty optimistic about it,”

Jason Ballard · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Icon is working with NASA on Project Olympus, developing construction systems to eventually build on the moon.